Person:Philander Hamilton (1)

... His eldest son, Philander, was born in Nicholas county, Kentucky, September 20, 1819, and when a lad suffered an injury whereby he was crippled for life. He pursued his education under the instruction of J. G. May, in the old Decatur County Seminary, and there prepared for entrance into Hanover College, in which institution he was graduated with the honors of his class. He then taught school for a short time in Bloomfield, Kentucky, and in 1841 was principal of the Decatur County Seminary. The following year he edited the Decatur Sentinel, and during that time studied law under the instruction of Judge Davidson, of Greensburg, and was admitted to the bar at the spring term of the circuit court in 1843, on a certificate of examination and legal qualifications made by Judge M. E. Eggleston and James Perry. Immediately thereafter he began practice, and before his death had attained honorable distinction in the legal profession. In politics he was a Whig and an anti-slavery man of the Horace Greeley type. He represented his county in the legislature in 1846-7, and 1847-8, and was one of the most efficient members ever sent to the house from this locality, his arguments always winning support for the measure he advocated. He died at his father's home March 5, 1849 in the midst of a prominent career.

... The oldest son of James E. Hamilton and Jane McCoy was Philander, born in Nicholas county, Kentucky, September 20, 1819. He was instructed by Prof. James G. at the Old Seminary in this city, and afterwards graduated from Hanover college with honors. He studied law in this city with the late Judge Andrew Davison, and was admitted to the bar of the Decatur County Circuit Court in 1843. At one time he edited the Decatur Sentinel - a predecessor of THE STANDARD and could wield a trenchant pen, as the old files of that paper show. Philander Hamilton represented this county in the state legislature two terms, 1846-47 and 1847-48, and was an able and efficient member. He died in 1849, at the premature age of thirty - at the beginning of a brilliant career. ...

PHILANDER HAMILTON, deceased, the eldest son of James E. and Jane (McCoy) Hamilton, was born in Nicholas County, Ky., September 20, 1819; when but a lad he met with a misfortune which crippled him for life. Having great taste for reading and study, he was put under the instruction of James G. May in the old Decatur County Seminary, where he was prepared for Hanover College, from which he graduated with first honors. After this, he taught school for some time at Bloomfield, Ky. In 1841, he was Principal of the Decatur County Seminary, and, in 1842, edited the Decatur Sentinel. During this time he studied law with Judge Davison of the Greensburg bar. At the spring term of the Circuit Court, 1843, he was admitted to the bar of this county on a certificate of his examination and legal qualifications made by Judges Miles C. Eggleston and James Perry. He at once devoted himself to his profession, and, at the time of his death, had attained an honorable distinction at a bar that then numbered such names as the late Judges Andrew Davison and Jehu T. Elliott, Joseph Robinson, John Ryman, Charles H, Test, John G. Scobey and others. In politics, he was a Whig and an anti-slavery man of the Horace Greeley type. He represented this county in the lower branch of the State Legislature at the sessions of 1846 and 1847, and was one of the most efficient Representatives ever sent from his county. Though not what is called brilliant, he was a clear, forcible reasoner and his arguments carried with them a convincing power. He died at his father's, March 5, 1849, just at the opening of a life that gave promise of great usefulness.